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that would be worse -p bashar al-assad being there. we've known for a longtime which of the groups are more moderate and more secular. you never have total control. i think it's time for us to change the balance and that's the right way to do it. >> we a columnist from the post. you recently asked this question in one of our columns, is bashar al-assad winning? is he? >> he's been making significant gains over the last couple of weeks. in january and february because of saudi arms that arrived the rebels made some advances. but in april bashar al-assad's forces began to hit back and began in many ways to reverse the gains. they conquered a key town outside of damascus. hezbollah helpers are fighting in the western part of the counsel tree driving back the rebels. i wouldn't think bashar al-assad is close to a strategic change in the game, he's pushing the rebels back from vital areas. the way things currently stand he's not looking to step down any time soon. jenna: what do you think would change that? >> undoubt end lee the improvemen
that would be worse -p bashar al-assad being there. we've known for a longtime which of the groups are more moderate and more secular. you never have total control. i think it's time for us to change the balance and that's the right way to do it. >> we a columnist from the post. you recently asked this question in one of our columns, is bashar al-assad winning? is he? >> he's been making significant gains over the last couple of weeks. in january and february because of saudi arms...
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if in fact we can broker a peaceful, political transition that leads to bashar al-assad's departure, but a state in syria that is still intact, that accommodates the interests of all the ethic groups, all the religious groups inside of syria, and that ends the bloodshed, stabilizes the situation, that is not just going to be good for us, it will be good for everybody. we will be very persistent in trying to make that happen. i'm not promising that it's going to be successful. frankly, sometimes once sort of the furies have been unleashed in a situation like we're seeing in syria it's very hard to put things back together. and there is -- there are going to be enormous challenges in getting a credible process going, even if russia is involved, because we still have other countries like iran and we have hop hezbollah that have been actively involved. and, frankly on the other side we've got organizations like al nusuria that are affiliated with al-qaida that have another agenda beyond getting rid of bashar al-assad. all of that makes a combustible mix and it's going to be challenging.
if in fact we can broker a peaceful, political transition that leads to bashar al-assad's departure, but a state in syria that is still intact, that accommodates the interests of all the ethic groups, all the religious groups inside of syria, and that ends the bloodshed, stabilizes the situation, that is not just going to be good for us, it will be good for everybody. we will be very persistent in trying to make that happen. i'm not promising that it's going to be successful. frankly, sometimes...
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this among, also, reports the assad government is using increasingly brutal tactics including the reports of chemical weapons. stephen yates is a former deputy assistant to the vice president and currently the ceo of d.c. international advisory, and tom pierce, a correspondent for the christian science monitor. he just returned from syria last week. nice to have you both with us as we continue to explore this story where there are so many dynamics truly at play. tom, i'd like to begin with you because you were just in syria last week. what do you think our viewers need to know about what's actually happening on the decide? inside? >> i think the most important thing to understand is that it's getting worse and worse by the day. i first started going into syria in late august, and the violence was bad, but now it's escalated to a point where not only are we worried about violence, but we're seeing a sharp rise in the level of extremist groups, you know, the group that pledged allegiance to al-qaeda recently. so we're seeing the opposition is really becoming much more extreme and also the v
this among, also, reports the assad government is using increasingly brutal tactics including the reports of chemical weapons. stephen yates is a former deputy assistant to the vice president and currently the ceo of d.c. international advisory, and tom pierce, a correspondent for the christian science monitor. he just returned from syria last week. nice to have you both with us as we continue to explore this story where there are so many dynamics truly at play. tom, i'd like to begin with you...
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it seems to me given the headaches that the assad regime has right now, this is probably the lease likely scenario. second would be hezbollah under iran's direction, would in fact engage the israelis with their massive use of high trajectory weapons, rockets and missiles. but i'm not --. heather: iron dome deployed over the weekend. that would certainly help protect against that. >> right. i'm not sure the iranians however right now want to start this. syria's weak and i'm not sure hezbollah wants to get into this either. finally is the possibility of an attack against israeli or jewish interests somewhere outside of the middle east. heather: yeah. that's what our reporter leland just mentioned that aspect of it. we just have a few seconds left, so i want to ask you what does this mean to the united states rand how does this possibly drag the united states into this? >> i think we to get over one basic reality, there are no game changers here. the introduction of cw, chemical weapons was not a game-changer. israeli strikes even if they're repeated will not be a game-changer. this is chine
it seems to me given the headaches that the assad regime has right now, this is probably the lease likely scenario. second would be hezbollah under iran's direction, would in fact engage the israelis with their massive use of high trajectory weapons, rockets and missiles. but i'm not --. heather: iron dome deployed over the weekend. that would certainly help protect against that. >> right. i'm not sure the iranians however right now want to start this. syria's weak and i'm not sure...